The publication last week of the Preventing Future Deaths report after the inquest for Mr Thomas Crabbe is the 27th PFD notice I’m aware of which mentions or relates to Right Care, Right Person.  It comes after the conclusion of the 34th inquest I’m aware of where RCRP was a point of discussion or something […]

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The police arrest someone in Area A and remove them to custody, the police station being in Area B.  Once there, the suspect is assessed by someone from custody healthcare or the NHS Liaison and Diversion service and deemed to be in need of Mental Health Act assessment. Whose Approved Mental Health Professional service should […]

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In 2017, the law of England and Wales changed – section 136 Mental Health Act 1983 was amended by the Police and Crime Act 2017 and that change came in to effect in early December of 2017.  At the time this happened, I was the College of Policing’s national mental health coordinator and it was […]

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